– Creating new companies, jobs or programs
– Getting familiar with the interface
– Saving, Backup, duplicating and recovering files
– Navigating your views

– CPM scheduling basics

– Adding new tasks to a schedule
– Adding logic or interdependence to your schedule
– Leads and lags
– Adding resources to your schedule
– Setting up the project calendar

– Introduction to the Case Study project
– Start a new program and set the start date
– Adjust the project calendar
– Principles of setting up and planning your WBS
– Setting up the WBS in Candy
– Creating a milestone list
– Add tasks under each WBS package
– Add logic to the tasks
- Add resources to tasks
- Assignment 1 – Certificate
– The completed schedule

– Most important task interactions and shortcuts
– Checking WBS levels and task types
– Using the filter function
– Adding timelines and changing barchart display options
– Implementing notes, remarks or yellow tags
– Creating and allocating codes

– Basic reporting
– Creating histogram reports
– Advanced reporting techniques

– Creating a Long Lead schedule in Candy Part 1
– Creating a Long Lead schedule in Candy Part 2
– Creating an Information Required Schedule

– Update setup and introduction
– Setting the baseline & preparing to update
– Performing the update
- Review the update and isolate variances and delays
- Update the Long Lead and Info Required Schedule
- Update reporting